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Aaron Eckhart
Actor, ProducerBorn March 12, 1968 (57 years)
Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor and producer. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior year. He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through a professional education course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in film. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in New York City as a struggling, unemployed actor.
As an undergraduate at BYU, Eckhart met director and writer Neil LaBute, who cast him in several of his own original plays. Five years later Eckhart made a debut as an unctuous, sociopathic ladies' man in LaBute's black comedy film In the Company of Men (1997). Under LaBute's guidance he worked in the director's films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), and Possession (2002).
Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich (2000), and, in 2006, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking. He gained further mainstream breakout in 2008 when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent / Two-Face. Eckhart's other key roles include The Pledge (2001), The Core (2003), Paycheck (2003), Rabbit Hole (2010), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and its sequel London Has Fallen (2016), I, Frankenstein (2014), Sully (2016), Midway (2019) and Line Of Duty (2019).
As an undergraduate at BYU, Eckhart met director and writer Neil LaBute, who cast him in several of his own original plays. Five years later Eckhart made a debut as an unctuous, sociopathic ladies' man in LaBute's black comedy film In the Company of Men (1997). Under LaBute's guidance he worked in the director's films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), and Possession (2002).
Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich (2000), and, in 2006, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking. He gained further mainstream breakout in 2008 when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent / Two-Face. Eckhart's other key roles include The Pledge (2001), The Core (2003), Paycheck (2003), Rabbit Hole (2010), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and its sequel London Has Fallen (2016), I, Frankenstein (2014), Sully (2016), Midway (2019) and Line Of Duty (2019).
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Aaron Eckhart Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Muzzle: City of Wolves · as Jake Rosser |
| 2024 | Classified · as Evan Shaw |
| 2024 | Chief of Station · as Ben Malloy |
| 2023 | The Bricklayer · as Vail |
| 2023 | Rumble Through the Dark · as Jack Boucher |
| 2023 | Muzzle · as Jake Rosser |
| 2023 | Ambush · as Capitaine Drummond |
| 2022 | Pantheon (TV Series) · as Cary Duval (voice) |
| 2022 | The First Lady (2022) (TV Series) · as Gerald Ford |
| 2020 | Wander · as Arthur Bretnik |
| 2019 | Line of Duty · as Frank Penny |
| 2019 | Midway · as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs (TV Series) · as Greg |
| 2016 | Incarnate · as Dr. Seth Ember |
| 2016 | Bleed for This · as Kevin Rooney |
| 2016 | Sully · as Jeff Skiles |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen · as President Benjamin Asher |
| 2015 | My All-American · as Darrell Royal |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | I, Frankenstein · as Adam |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen · as President Benjamin Asher |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises · as Harvey Dent |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary · as Sanderson |
| 2011 | Battle Los Angeles · as Michael Nantz |
| 2010 | Rabbit Hole · as Howie Corbett |
| 2009 | Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen · as Zach Riley |
| 2009 | Love Happens · as Burke |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight · as Harvey Dent |
| 2008 | Gotham Tonight (TV Series) · as Harvey Dent |
| 2007 | Towelhead · as Mr. Vuoso |
| 2007 | Meet Bill · as Bill |
| 2007 | No Reservations · as Nick |
| 2007 | Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience · as Road Work (voice) |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia · as Lee Blanchard |
| 2006 | The Wicker Man · as Truck Stop Patron |
| 2005 | Conversations with Other Women · as Man |
| 2005 | Thank You for Smoking · as Nick Naylor |
| 2005 | Neverwas · as Zach Riley |
| 2004 | Suspect Zero · as Thomas Mackelway |
| 2004 | Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter · as Frank |
| 2003 | Paycheck · as James Rethrick |
| 2003 | The Missing · as Brake Baldwin |
| 2003 | The Core · as Dr. Josh Keyes |
| 2002 | Possession · as Roland Mitchell |
| 2001 | The Pledge · as Stan Krolak |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty · as Del |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich · as George |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday · as Nick Crozier |
| 1999 | Molly · as Buck Mckay |
| 1998 | Thursday · as Nick |
| 1998 | Your Friends and Neighbors · as Barry |
| 1998 | X-Play (2021) (TV Series) · as Ssgt. Michael Nantz, Battle: Los Angeles |
| 1997 | The Electric Playground (TV Series) |
| 1997 | In the Company of Men · as Chad |
| 1997 | Emeril Live (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Aliens in the Family (1996) (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Himselt |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Frank |
| 1993 | Slaughter of the Innocents · as Ken Reynolds |
| 1993 | Ancient Secrets of the Bible, Part II · as Samson |
| 1992 | Double Jeopardy · as Dwayne |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |